> basically, what i want to know is how the hell they're initiating > connections through my firewall/nat. my default rules block all > incoming IP traffic with only a few specified ports open. > anyone find anything on the web? i've googled myself out.
They aren't initiating connections, you are. Basically, if a machine is behind nat or firewalling, the schemes remediate to backchannel operation. So instead of Alice contacting your box, the protocol has your box contact Alice. In the case where both hosts are behind firewalls most schemes break down because comm is blocked in both directions. I suppose a non firewalled box could be used as a man in the middle to fix this, but I haven't seen it for napster-esque schemes yet. tack _______________________________________________ Bits mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sugoi.org/mailman/listinfo/bits
